The phrase "act of insurrection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a rebellion or uprising against an established authority or government.
Example: "The government responded swiftly to the act of insurrection, deploying military forces to restore order."
Alternatives: "rebellious act" or "uprising event".
Eszterhas's letter to Ovitz, in response to what he still conceives of as blackmail, was a thunderous act of insurrection, colored with a nod to "The Elephant Man" ("I am not an asset; I am a human being!"), and rounded off with itches of early hip-hop: "So do whatever you want to do, Mike, and fuck you".
According to legend, a vision delivered by the gods caused Julius Caesar to commit the ultimate act of insurrection by crossing the Rubicon.
He threatens Jor-El, "Any attempt by you to create a climate of fear and panic amongst the populace must be deemed by us an act of insurrection".
Either that, or Morgan somehow got messages to the city's slave population (which at the time accounted for two thirds of the city's 6,000 residents) and the slaves burned the city in an act of insurrection.
Accepting that taking drugs is part of the tapestry of life for some people, and not an act of insurrection or immorality, is a key step on the path to solving our heavily spiked debate on the world's creaking drug laws.
Mr Atwill says that acts of insurrection by Jewish sects, who were awaiting the arrival of a so-called 'warrior Messiah' in Palestine, were a perpetual problem for the Roman Empire and that after the Empire had exhausted all traditional means of dealing with the problem they resorted to psychological warfare.
For all his mild benevolence, he condoned the use of violence in the struggle for freedom and equality, and, during his early years as an anarchist militant, he was among the most vigorous exponents of "propaganda by the deed"—acts of insurrection that would supplement oral and written propaganda and help to awaken the rebellious instincts of the people.
She seems to have regressed very far back into the 60's; her blind allegiance to her son brought back to my mind a phenomenon I had almost forgotten -- the hippie chick, that endlessly accommodating earth mother who kept the home fires burning while her men sallied forth into the world, committing acts of insurrection.
Tales of schoolyard games of marbles and high school crushes are sandwiched between anecdotes about military raids by the Israeli and Lebanese armies and acts of insurrection against both governments.
You have surprised a group of biologicals in an act of petty insurrection, and they have split into two groups and begun to flee.
In an act of rebellion by proxy, Warwick instigated an insurrection in Yorkshire led by a "Robin of Redesdale".
